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Focus on boys cross country

Weekly area rankings, notes, events to watch in high school boys cross country.

AREA RANKINGS

1. Arrowhead 1 (last week)

2. Waukesha South 2

3. Brookfield Central 3

4. Wauwatosa East 4

5. Shorewood 5

6. Milw. Marquette 6

7. Wisconsin Lutheran 9

8. Whitefish Bay 7

9. Brookfield East 10

10. Wauwatosa West 8

NOTABLE

RUNNER OF THE WEEK:Carl Hirsch, Brookfield Central. The senior was impressive at the Menomonee Falls Grade Level Invite. His time of 15 minutes 22.84 seconds put him nearly a minute ahead of Dan Gagne of Wauwatosa East, who placed second (16:12.62).

TEAM OF THE WEEK:Shorewood. Junior Charlie Stahl placed fourth and helped lead the Greyhounds to a team win at the Shorewood Early Season Invite at Kern Park on Thursday. Shorewood won with a score of 48, edging Milwaukee Marquette (55).

COMING UP

West Allis Hale Invite, 6 p.m. Friday at Greenfield Park: Top-ranked Arrowhead leads the field at this early-season test.

Reporting scores: JSOnline and WisSports.net are teaming up to provide the most comprehensive stats database in the state. To report your scores to the Journal Sentinel, call 414-224-2310 during the following hours: Weekdays, 5 p.m.-11 p.m.; Saturdays, 3 p.m.-11 p.m.; Sundays, 4 p.m.-11 p.m.

In addition, coaches can contact WisSports.net to obtain a username and password to update their team information. If you do not see your team's schedule or roster please e-mail or fax (1.888.711.7720) to WSN.